Central, Southern, Eastern Severe Weather

Losses, 2024 dollars

$4.9 billion

Losses at the time

$4.9 billion

Deaths

5

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 16, 202452 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over eastern Oglala Lakota County, producing wind gusts to around 60 mph in the Kyle area.
• Hail in North Dakota, May 16, 20241 in hail · 3 eventsIn the evening, a single low-top supercell formed in the Devil's Lake Basin, before diving south towards the Sheyenne River Valley. This cell produced quarter sized hail that accumulated in some parts of Steele and Barnes county.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 16 to 17, 2024$66,000 · EF1 · 28 eventsContinual progressive flow aloft coupled with unstable air ignited thunderstorms across southeastern Texas during the afternoon hours. These storms formed into a linear complex and traversed along a northward advancing warm front draped across the gulf coast.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 16 to 17, 2024$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsContinual progressive flow aloft coupled with unstable air ignited thunderstorms across southeastern Texas during the afternoon hours. These storms formed into a linear complex and traversed along a northward advancing warm front draped across the gulf coast.
• Flash Flood in Missouri, May 16 to 17, 20241 eventA stalled out boundary late evening on the 16th resulted in continued heavy rainfall from central Butler County to central Scott County with the longest duration heavy rainfall rates located between Dudley and Bloomfield in Stoddard County.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 17, 202451 kt wind · 8 eventsStrong to severe storms moved across Alabama into the Florida Panhandle producing damaging wind gusts and flash flooding.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 17 to 18, 20241 injured · $76,000 · 76 kt wind · 38 eventsDuring the early morning hours of May 17th, a long lived derecho that impacted the north central Gulf coast clipped portions of Gulf and Franklin counties with significant wind gusts in excess of hurricane force measured, along with impacts to trees and power lines and minor…
• Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 17, 2024$419,000 · 8 eventsA band of heavy rain developed during the morning of May 17th and caused flash flooding across portions of Mississippi.
• Hail in Texas, May 17, 20241 in hail · 3 eventsAn outflow boundary from a decaying MCS over the Hill Country moved across the Brush Country and interacted with a shortwave and upper-level trough, initiating strong to severe storms with large hail being primarily reported in Webb in Live Oak Counties.
• Hail in Texas, May 17, 20241.75 in hail · 8 eventsA rather vigorous shortwave and a nearby surface cold front was the focus of scattered strong to severe thunderstorms during the morning of May 17. Two small but potent thunderstorms moved through southern |Hidalgo County between 7 and 830 AM on May 17th.
• Tornado in Ohio, May 17, 2024$250,000 · EF0 · 1 eventAlthough overall levels of instability were fairly low, enough of that parameter, plus shear, was concentrated in the 0 to 3 km layer to allow for the formation of low-topped supercells over the Upper Ohio Valley during the early to mid-afternoon hours on May 17th.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 17, 2024$335,000 · EF1 · 6 eventsThis day, May 17th, will be remembered as one of the more unusual tornado days in southwest Pennsylvania.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, May 17, 20241.25 in hail · 3 eventsA cold front moving through northeast Montana produced strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 20240.75 in hail · 1 eventScattered strong thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 17th, as an upper level disturbance moved into the Southern Plains. The strongest thunderstorms produced hail up to penny size.
• Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 17, 2024EF0 · 4 eventsThunderstorms moved through Tuscola, Lapeer, and Oakland Counties producing hail and a brief landspout near Cass City.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 17, 2024$6,000 · 1.25 in hail · 11 eventsAn upper level short-wave trough and a cold front pushed through western and central North Dakota resulting in thunderstorms developing by mid-afternoon. The main threat from these storms was damaging wind gusts, but a few storms produced large hail.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 202474 kt wind · 5 eventsA long-lived strong to severe thunderstorm tracked across southeast Montana and through far northwest South Dakota. The storm produced wind gusts to around 80 mph, along with small hail.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 17 to 18, 2024$57,000 · 55 kt wind · 18 eventsDuring the early morning hours of May 17th, a long lived derecho that impacted the north central Gulf coast clipped portions of Gulf and Franklin counties with significant wind gusts in excess of hurricane force measured, along with impacts to trees and power lines and minor…
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 17, 202453 kt wind · 1 eventLight showers and thunderstorms with occasional lightning produced strong outflow winds across Carbon County on the evening on 17th with wind gusts around 60 mph along Interstate 80 near Arlington.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 20241 in hail · 3 eventsA few isolated storms developed in a warm, moist airmass behind a warm front that moved across the region during the morning hours. Most of the hail remained below severe limits except near Remer where hail to 1 in diameter was reported.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 17, 202450 kt wind · 11 eventsDuring the early morning hours of May 17th, a long lived derecho that impacted the north central Gulf coast clipped portions of Gulf and Franklin counties with significant wind gusts in excess of hurricane force measured, along with impacts to trees and power lines and minor…
• Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 17, 202466 kt wind · 8 eventsSevere Wind was observed with a QLCS moving through the central Red River Valley on the evening of May 17th.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2024$20,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 eventsA severe thunderstorm developed over western Fall River County and tracked eastward into Oglala Lakota County. The storm produced wind gusts to around 70 mph along its path.
• Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 17, 202467 kt wind · 1 eventLight showers and thunderstorms with occasional lightning produced strong outflow winds across the northern Nebraska panhandle on the evening on 17th with localized wind gusts up to 77 mph.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 17, 2024$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 eventScattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed into portions of northwestern Arkansas during the afternoon and evening of the 17th, as an upper level disturbance moved into the Southern Plains. The strongest thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 202478 kt wind · 21 eventsA cold front moving northwest to southeast helped support strong to severe storms that mainly generated high winds, with a peak wind gust of 90 mph at the Grand River Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) situated 11 miles south of the community of Bullhead.
• Flash Flood in Ohio, May 17, 20241 eventAn upper level disturbance tracked across the Ohio Valley and brought showers and storms into the area on May 17th. Stratiform rain fell across the area during the first half of the day, then storms began to develop and train across southeast Ohio during the evening.
• Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 202454 kt wind · 2 eventsA thunderstorm became severe over northern Jackson and southern Haakon counties for a brief period, producing wind gusts to around 60 mph.
• Hail in Texas, May 17, 20241 in hail · 1 eventThunderstorms developed over the mountains of northern Mexico. One of these storms produced large hail in Edwards County.
• Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 17, 202452 kt wind · 3 eventsSevere Wind was observed with a QLCS moving through the central Red River Valley into northwestern Minnesota on the evening of May 17th.
• Hail in Wyoming, May 17, 20241 in hail · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm developed over northeast Campbell County, then tracked into Crook County before dissipating. The storm produced large hail to around quarter size near Oshoto.
• Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Virginia, May 17 to 18, 20242 eventsA training line of thunderstorms occurred just west of South Boston, producing between three and four inches of rainfall within a span of three hours. Rainfall rates at times were observed to be in excess of 3.5 inches per hour.
• Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, May 18, 20248 eventsA passing shortwave trough created areas of showers over southwest Pennsylvania during the morning of May 18th. Localized low-level convergence led to radar-estimated rain totals of 1.5 to 2.5 inches over portions of Allegheny County, creating some issues with road flooding.
• Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 18, 202452 kt wind · 1 eventA decaying MCV crept into the Mid-South in the early hours of the morning. The MCV packed a slight punch as it took a southward dive and brought gusty and damaging winds to the area. Radar imagery depicted microburst activity resulting in some downed trees.
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 18, 2024$5,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 eventA decaying MCV crept into the Mid-South in the early hours of the morning. The MCV packed a slight punch as it took a southward dive and brought gusty and damaging winds to the area. Radar imagery depicted microburst activity resulting in some downed trees.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 18, 2024$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsClusters of strong thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail during the late morning and midday hours and spread west to east across north Alabama.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, May 18, 2024$8,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 eventsA strong thunderstorm produced wind damage in Lake County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 18, 20241 in hail · 7 eventsA surface low over West Tennessee triggered the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms across northwestern Central Alabama during the afternoon of May 18.
• Flash Flooding in North Carolina, May 18, 2024$30,000 · 2 eventsAn upper level trough passed across the central Appalachians during the afternoon and evening of May 18th, triggering widely scattered showers and thunderstorms to the north of a stationary front stretching across northern North Carolina.
• Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 18, 2024$14,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 eventsA stalled frontal boundary was draped across northern North Carolina. Increasing dew points and strong surface heating along and just south of the boundary aided in increasing instability by the afternoon hours.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 18, 2024$2,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 eventA stalled frontal boundary was draped across northern North Carolina and near southern and central Virginia. Increasing dew points and strong surface heating along and just south of the boundary aided in increasing instability by the afternoon hours.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 20241.5 in hail · 3 eventsA few thunderstorms developed across western Wisconsin in the afternoon of May 18, 2024. A couple thunderstorms produced severe hail in Chippewa and Eau Claire counties. The largest hail was quarter to ping pong ball size.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 2024$919,000 · 2 in hail · 17 eventsScattered storms formed across portions of western Wisconsin during the late afternoon of May 18th and moved east into central Wisconsin throughout the evening.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 20241.5 in hail · 3 eventsThunderstorms developed across northwestern Wisconsin during the afternoon hours of the 18th ahead of a cold front and an incoming upper level shortwave.
• Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 18, 2024$20,000 · 1 eventScattered, slow-moving thunderstorms developed across the mountains and foothills of North Carolina during the afternoon and evening. One of the storms developed over the city of Marion and produced flash flooding.
• Hail in Michigan, May 18, 20242 in hail · 9 eventsA cold front moving through a warm and unstable air mass generated severe thunderstorms with large hail over west half portions of Upper Michigan on the evening of the 18th.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 18, 20241.75 in hail · 16 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the afternoon on Saturday (5/18) and tracked through central and north-central Wisconsin during the late afternoon and evening hours.
• Lightning Strike in Florida, May 18, 20241 injured · 1 eventA man was injured when lightning struck his boat off of Cape Canaveral.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 18, 2024$210,000 · 8 eventsAn upper level trough passed across the central Appalachians during the afternoon and evening of May 18th, triggering widely scattered showers and thunderstorms to the north of a stationary front stretching across northern North Carolina.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 18, 2024$1,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsAs an upper-level trough moved over the Florida Peninsula, abundant low-level moisture and diurnal heating led to plenty of instability in the atmosphere on May 18th.
• Flash Flood in Virginia, May 18, 2024$5,000 · 1 eventA weak surface trough over the area helped trigger convection over southwestern Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 18, 20241 in hail · 2 eventsAn ample amount of mid-level moisture and effective bulk shear produced a couple of severe storms over the lower Arkansas River Valley area by later in the evening, which resulted in strong outflow winds of nearly 75 mph and hail up to an inch in diameter.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 19 to 21, 2024$835,000 · EF0 · 51 eventsTroughing over the western CONUS brought southwesterly flow aloft over the central and northern Plains for the duration of this event. In the couple of days leading up to May 21st, the upper-level flow pattern amplified as a trough deepened over the northern Rockies.
• Hail in Kansas, May 19, 20241.25 in hail · 6 eventsIsolated to scattered thunderstorms developed along an eastward advancing dry line. Large hail was the primary severe hazard with this activity, with several instances of nickel to half dollar size hail occurring across northwest Kansas.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19, 2024$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 14 eventsScattered to numerous thunderstorms started to develop around midday in the vicinity of a southward moving cold front. As these thunderstorms tracked to the south through the afternoon, they produced numerous reports of large hail and damaging wind gusts across southeast Georgia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 19, 20241 in hail · 9 eventsSeveral rounds of thunderstorms moved across the area bringing hail and damaging wind gusts to central Iowa. The first round moved across the area around midday as remnants of an MCS out of Kansas and Nebraska moved into the area.
• Hail in Florida, May 19, 20241.75 in hail · 6 eventsStorms moving offshore produced severe hail over the Treasure Coast and southern Brevard County as they moved offshore.
• Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 19, 2024$1,000 · 1 eventA slow moving sea-breeze boundary was able to initiate thunderstorms in East-Central GA during the afternoon hours. A few thunderstorms were able to become strong with gusty winds and heavy rainfall. The slow moving storms dropped significant rainfall causing flash flooding.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 19, 2024$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 eventsScattered to numerous thunderstorms started to develop around midday in the vicinity of a southward moving cold front.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 19, 20243 in hail · 32 eventsHail and wind 05/19.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 19, 2024EF2 · 8 eventsA brief landspout tornado occurred over southern Washington county. The other severe weather accompanied a supercell thunderstorm that tracked southeast across eastern Logan County which produced 2 tornadoes and large hail.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 20241.75 in hail · 2 eventsThunderstorms developed over eastern Wyoming early in the afternoon on the 19th moved east over the Nebraska panhandle and strengthened. The strongest storm ended up producing up to golf ball sized hail in Morrill County.
• Hail in Florida, May 19, 20241 in hail · 1 eventWith the influence of a mid-level trough to the north, South Florida was provided with a source of lift, which combined with surface instability from diurnal heating to develop scattered showers and thunderstorms on the afternoon of May 19th.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 20241 in hail · 2 eventsA singular severe thunderstorm occurred over south central Nebraska during the afternoon hours of May 19th.
• Tornadoes and Flooding in Kansas, May 19 to 20, 2024EF1 · 66 eventsAround 2:30pm on Sunday May 19th, a high precipitation supercell developed near Hays along a warm front. This storm tracked east along I-70 producing a few brief tornadoes across Russell and northern Ellsworth county.
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 19, 202452 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over the Pine Ridge area, producing wind gusts to around 60 mph.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 19, 2024$10,000 · 3 in hail · 3 eventsThis will need an event narrative.
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 19, 202452 kt wind · 1 eventA severe thunderstorm produced strong wind gusts across portions of Oglala Lakota County.
• Hail in Michigan, May 19, 20241 in hail · 7 eventsThunderstorms moving through Macomb, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties produced penny to quarter size hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 19, 202454 kt wind · 6 eventsA thunderstorm became severe as it moved into the southern Black Hills, then tracked east-northeast onto the west central South Dakota plains. The storm produced wind gusts to near 65 mph, along with small hail.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, May 19, 20241.5 in hail · 9 eventsAn upper-level disturbance interacting with a stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 19th.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 19, 202450 kt wind · 1 eventIsolated thunderstorms moved across parts of northwest Indiana during the afternoon of May 19th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 19, 2024EF0 · 33 eventsAnother severe weather episode pounded northeast Kansas during the evening of May 19th. At least 2 small tornadoes also occurred with more widespread damaging winds and large hail reports also received.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 19, 20241.25 in hail · 10 eventsWeak low pressure moving through central South Dakota provided the focus for strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 19, 202452 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm briefly became severe over northern Oglala Lakota County, producing small hail and wind gusts to around 60 mph.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 19 to 20, 20242 injured · $1.1 million · EF2 · 80 eventsSignificant severe weather occurred across portions of western into central Oklahoma from the late afternoon of the 19th through early morning on the 20th. Aloft, a strong and compact upper wave moved across portions of Kansas during the afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 19, 202470 kt wind · 12 eventsA line of severe thunderstorms developed across the west central South Dakota plains and tracked east-northeast into central South Dakota. The storms primarily produced wind gusts of up to 80 mph across the area.
• Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 20241 eventAn isolated storm produced a weak tornado in east of Macomb Illinois, before a more widespread line of storms moved east through Iowa into Illinois in the overnight hours. The line of storms brought reports of large hail and damaging wind to portions of the area.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 19, 20241.75 in hail · 5 eventsThunderstorms developed over southern parts of North Dakota as an inverted surface trough and a warm front lifted into the area.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, May 19 to 21, 2024$85,000 · EF2 · 23 eventsTroughing over the western CONUS brought southwesterly flow aloft over the central and northern Plains for the duration of this event. In the couple of days leading up to May 21st, the upper-level flow pattern amplified as a trough deepened over the northern Rockies.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 20241.75 in hail · 1 eventIsolated to scattered thunderstorms formed along a dry line across northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. A single instance of golf ball size hail was reported in Dundy county before going on to produce nickel size hail across the state line in Cheyenne county Kansas.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 19, 2024EF1 · 8 eventsDuring the late evening hours of May 19th, a squall line brought severe wind gusts and a few tornadoes to portions of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 19 to 20, 20241.25 in hail · 9 eventsAn isolated storm produced a weak tornado in east of Macomb Illinois, before a more widespread line of storms moved east through Iowa into Illinois in the overnight hours. The line of storms brought reports of large hail and damaging wind to portions of the area.
• Damaging Wind in Utah, May 19, 202465 kt wind · 1 eventA spring season shortwave trough moved through, resulting in isolated to scattered convection. Isolated strong wind gusts were observed as a result.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20, 202456 kt wind · 3 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed along the dry line over central Oklahoma during the early evening of the 19th. These storms slowly moved eastward and into northeastern Oklahoma during the early morning hours of the 20th.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, May 20 to 22, 2024$1.1 million · 2 in hail · 156 eventsPLEASE NOTE, for tornadoes, please see separate Storm Data entry for May 21st. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall, damaging winds, hail and destructive tornadoes to the state.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 20, 20241.25 in hail · 2 eventsThe approach of a warm front and upper level disturbance led to scattered thunderstorms across southern WI. A couple reports of large hail were received.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 20, 20241.5 in hail · 6 eventsA few severe thunderstorms impacted southeast Michigan during the afternoon hours.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 20, 2024$12,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 eventsSouthwesterly to westerly mid/upper-level flow resided over the southern Great Lakes region and vicinity as an embedded shortwave trough moved from the north-central U.S. toward the western Great Lakes during the late morning through early evening of the 20th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 20, 20241 injured · 1 in hail · 12 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the afternoon of May 20th.
• Damaging Winds in Florida, May 20, 2024$4,000 · 58 kt wind · 3 eventsWith a mid-level trough over the Florida Peninsula, and a stationary front positioned over Central Florida, plentiful moisture and instability was in place over South Florida This resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 20th across…
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 20, 20241 in hail · 2 eventsA remnant MCV moving through Missouri resulted in the potential for convection during the afternoon of May 20th. One thunderstorm developed in southeast Missouri and became severe for about 45 minutes before diminishing in strength.
• Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 20, 202465 kt wind · 2 eventsA shortwave trough moved from southern California towards New Mexico on May 20th. This shortwave resulted in an increase in mid-level winds and mid-level moisture across western, northern and parts of central New Mexico.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 20, 2024$160,000 · 78 kt wind · 13 eventsA line of storms led to damage in mainly St. Joseph and La Porte Counties in Indiana.
• Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 20, 2024$200,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 eventsThere were several reports of downed trees and limbs and power lines as a result of severe thunderstorm damaging wind gusts.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 20, 2024EF0 · 7 eventsOn May 20th, isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail up to half dollar size across southeast Minnesota. Additionally, two brief landspout tornadoes occurred in Dodge county during the evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 20, 2024$29,000 · 3 in hail · 18 eventsA fairly unstable air mass gained ground near and to the east of an inverted trough which locked in place from central Nebraska into southwest MN.
• Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 20, 202457 kt wind · 1 eventA distinct moisture gradient existed ahead of and behind a cold front situated across northeast Utah and northwest Colorado.
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 20 to 21, 2024$7.5 million · EF0 · 17 eventsA couple rounds of thunderstorms brings severe hail and wind to portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of May 20th and into the early morning hours of May 21st.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 20, 20244 in hail · 26 eventsSeveral supercell thunderstorms tracked across Washington, Morgan, and Adams Counties during the evening of May 20th, 2024. Large hail, up to 4.00 inches in diameter, accompanied the storms. There were several reports of 1.75 inch hail and larger.
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 20, 2024$11,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventSouthwesterly flow ahead of an upper level disturbance allowed for development of a north-south line of thunderstorms that crossed the central and southern portions of lower Michigan during the evening hours of May 20th...resulting in gusty winds across parts of northeast Lower…
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 20 to 21, 20241.75 in hail · 8 eventsA front was draped across far southern Minnesota. With an unstable atmosphere, there were a few reports of hail.
• Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 20, 202450 kt wind · 1 eventA thunderstorm developing over the South Laramie Range with small hail north of Cheyenne turned severe over northeast Laramie County in Wyoming with strong outflow winds during the evening of the 20th.
• Hail in Minnesota, May 20, 2024$3,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 eventsA fairly unstable air mass gained ground through the day near and to the east of an inverted trough which locked in place from central Nebraska into southwest MN.
• Hail in Colorado, May 20, 20241.5 in hail · 3 eventsA broad trough moving over southeast Colorado, with enough synoptic forcing, produced some stronger to severe thunderstorms along portions of the I-25 corridor and mainly over El Paso County.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 20 to 21, 2024$2,000 · 4 in hail · 23 eventsIn the late afternoon of the 20th, a cluster of storms began to from in north central Colorado and moved east. As the evening progressed, this cluster grew into more of a line.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 20, 2024$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 eventsA fairly unstable air mass gained ground through the day near and to the east of an inverted trough which locked in place from central Nebraska into southwest MN.
• Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 2024$40,000 · 2 in hail · 2 eventsA fairly unstable air mass gained ground through the day near and to the east of an inverted trough which locked in place from central Nebraska into southwest MN.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 20 to 21, 2024$21,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed along a stationary front, situated from southwestern into central and northeastern Nebraska during the mid evening hours of May 20th. These storms eventually became severe and persisted into the overnight hours.
• Damaging Wind in Utah, May 20, 202451 kt wind · 1 eventA distinct moisture gradient existed ahead of and behind a cold front situated across northeast Utah and northwest Colorado.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 20 to 21, 20242.5 in hail · 12 eventsIn the late afternoon of the 20th, a cluster of storms began to from in north central Colorado and moved east. As the evening progressed, these clusters grew into more of a line.
• Hail in Wisconsin, May 21, 20240.75 in hail · 1 eventA front was draped across far southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. With an unstable atmosphere, there were a few storms, one of which produced sub-severe hail.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 202465 kt wind · 4 eventsA large scale bow echo developed across Nebraska in the late night hours and pushed northeast toward the lower Missouri River valley and northwest Iowa.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 20241.75 in hail · 65 eventsNumerous severe thunderstorms moved through the area on Tuesday, May 21. The bulk of the severe weather occurred during the late afternoon and evening time frame, with several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued over eastern Iowa into northwestern Illinois.|Straight-line winds…
• Tornadoes and Flood in Wisconsin, May 21, 2024$1.5 million · EF1 · 68 eventsLines and clusters of severe thunderstorms moved across southern WI from the late morning through the late evening as the passage of a warm front was quickly followed by a cold front.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 21 to 22, 202430 injured · $6.4 million · EF2 · 100 eventsIsolated thunderstorms associated with the dryline occurred on May 21. Much more widespread thunderstorm activity took place on May 22 as a cold front sagged south into the area and a strong jet stream developed aloft.
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 2024EF1 · 5 eventsThunderstorms redeveloped near an area of low pressure and advancing frontal boundary across northwest Iowa.
• Tornadoes in Iowa, May 21, 20245 deaths · 39 injured · $42 million · EF4 · 14 eventsPLEASE NOTE, for hail, wind, heavy rain and flooding, please see separate Storm Data entry for May 20-22. Numerous tornadoes occurred on this day with numerous injuries and four fatalities at Greenfield in Adair County.
• Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 21, 2024EF0 · 8 eventsOn the afternoon of May 21st, strong to severe storms developed over far eastern Kansas, and moved into western Missouri. These storms produced some hail, damaging wind gusts, and one tornado in Henry County.
• Flash Flood and Hail in New Hampshire, May 21, 20241.25 in hail · 7 eventsAn unseasonably hot and humid airmass brought unstable conditions to southern New Hampshire as high pressure to the east allowed warm air from the southwest to move into the region.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 21, 2024EF0 · 9 eventsA low pressure center in southeast Nebraska during the morning of May 21 reached southeast Minnesota during the evening. A warm front extended to the east-northeast from the low.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 21, 2024$3.3 million · EF1 · 40 eventsOn May 21st, a line of severe storms moved through the region during the late afternoon and evening hours bringing widespread wind damage and several tornadoes across western Wisconsin. Additionally, a few storms produced large hail across portions of southwestern Wisconsin.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, May 21, 2024$7,000 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsA weak boundary draped across northern NY and northern VT in a marginally unstable airmass led to the development of scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon of May 21st.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Massachusetts, May 21, 20241.25 in hail · 6 eventsA small cluster of thunderstorms formed over northwest Massachusetts during the afternoon and early evening causing some severe hail and wind damage to a few towns.
• Damaging Winds in New York, May 21, 2024$11,000 · 51 kt wind · 7 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms developed for areas east and northeast of Lake Ontario as a convectively enhanced shortwave trough tracked across Ontario and Quebec and as far south as the North Country. Storms developed just east of the lake breeze boundary off of Lake Ontario.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 21, 2024$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 eventsA storm system that originated in the Plains brought an associated cold front through southeast Kansas during the late afternoon and evening hours on May 21, 2024.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 2024$411,000 · 65 kt wind · 7 eventsDuring the late afternoon and evening hours on May 21st, a line of intense thunderstorms moved across the Upper Midwest bringing widespread wind damage across portions of northeast IA.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 2024$51,000 · 1.5 in hail · 11 eventsA storm system that originated in the Plains brought an associated cold front through the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon and evening hours on May 21, 2024.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 2024$2.7 million · EF1 · 63 eventsSevere thunderstorms developed over northeastern Oklahoma during the early evening of the 21st, as a cold front moved into the area.
• Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 21, 2024$996,000 · EF1 · 22 eventsOn May 21st, a line of severe storms moved across southeast Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening hours. The storms produced widespread wind damage across the region and one EF-1 tornado in Winona County leading to structural and tree damage in the town of Rollingstone.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, May 21 to 22, 20242 injured · 60 kt wind · 30 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across parts of northwest Illinois during the evening of May 21st producing scattered wind damage.
• Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 202456 kt wind · 2 eventsNumerous severe thunderstorms moved through the area on Tuesday, May 21. The bulk of the severe weather occurred during the late afternoon and evening time frame, with several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued over eastern Iowa into northwestern Illinois.|Straight-line winds…
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 2024EF1 · 11 eventsA low pressure center in southeast Nebraska during the morning of May 21 reached western Wisconsin during the late evening. A warm front extended to the east-northeast from the low.
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Illinois, May 21, 2024$11,000 · 56 kt wind · 17 eventsA cold front triggered a broken line of thunderstorms across Iowa and Missouri during the afternoon of May 21st: however, these cells dissipated as they crossed the Mississippi River into a much drier environment across central Illinois.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 20241 in hail · 20 eventsNumerous severe thunderstorms moved through the area on Tuesday, May 21. The bulk of the severe weather occurred during the late afternoon and evening time frame, with several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued over eastern Iowa into northwestern Illinois.|Straight-line winds…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 2024$5,000 · 2 in hail · 9 eventsThunderstorms congealed into a QLCS ahead of a cold front on May 21st. As the line matured, thunderstorm wind gusts produced damage in east-central Missouri.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 21, 2024$15,000 · EF1 · 27 eventsA line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the early evening on Tuesday (5/21) and tracked through much of northeast Wisconsin through the rest of the evening. Straight line winds produced wind damage along with 5 tornadoes.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 21 to 23, 2024EF3 · 51 eventsThe combination of a well defined surface dryline, extreme instability, and strong wind shear, resulted in producing supercell thunderstorms across west central Texas.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 21 to 24, 20244 in hail · 42 eventsUnsettled weather persisted from the 21st through 24th. On the evening of the 21st, supercell thunderstorms moved across the Arkansas River Valley, prompting multiple funnels. Wind damage was common on the 21st.
• Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 21, 2024$51,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 eventsThunderstorms congealed into a QLCS ahead of a cold front on May 21st. The line was diminishing in strength as it passed through Illinois, but it re-intensified enough to produce damaging winds in Macoupin and Bond counties.
• Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 21, 2024$8,000 · 60 kt wind · 5 eventsA strong upper-level disturbance moving through a highly-sheared and unstable air mass produced severe thunderstorms and wind damage over portions of Delta County during the late evening of the 21st.
• Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 22, 2024$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventShowers and thunderstorms moved across the region ahead of a cold front.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 22, 2024$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 20 eventsScattered thunderstorms developed near daybreak on the 22nd across central into southwest Oklahoma near a surface frontal boundary. While most thunderstorm development occurred behind the front (i.e.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 2024$90,000 · EF1 · 10 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms redeveloped over eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 22nd, as a cold front continued to move through the area. Thunderstorms that developed north of the cold front produced hail up to penny size.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 22, 20241 death · $51,000 · 1.25 in hail · 18 eventsAt the surface, an occluded low moved north-northeastward from near western Lake Superior to northern ON, west of James Bay, during the late morning of the 22nd through the wee hours of the morning of the 23rd.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 22, 202450 kt wind · 9 eventsAt the surface, an occluded low moved north-northeastward from near western Lake Superior to northern ON, west of James Bay, during the late morning of the 22nd through the wee hours of the morning of the 23rd.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, May 22, 2024$14,000 · 1 in hail · 18 eventsA decaying MCS/MCV moved through the Mid-South during the overnight/early morning hours of May 22. A slow moving cold front was stretched over the Missouri Bootheel and moisture surged northward allowing for plentiful instability.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 22, 2024$11,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsShowers and thunderstorms moved across the region ahead of a cold front.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 2024$72,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 eventsA decaying MCS/MCV moved through the Mid-South during the overnight/early morning hours of May 22. A slow moving cold front was stretched over the Missouri Bootheel and moisture surged northward allowing for plentiful instability.
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 22, 2024$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 eventsShortly after midday on May 22nd, strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of a cold front pressed into southeast Ohio. With ample assistance from abnormally warm temperatures, storms grew strong enough to enforce damaging wind gusts across Lawrence County, Ohio.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, May 22 to 23, 20241 in hail · 7 eventsA cold front moved into the Ohio Valley during the day on May 22nd. As the front approached the Ohio River, it became quasi-stationary, remaining in the vicinity of the river before lifting north during the afternoon and evening hours on May 23rd.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 22, 2024$46,000 · 52 kt wind · 8 eventsScattered showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that pushed from Ohio across northern Pennsylvania.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 22, 2024$29,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 eventsA cold front swinging through West Virginia set forth afternoon showers and thunderstorms on May 22nd. This was especially the case for areas along the I-64 corridor, where storm damage was observed from strong wind gusts and hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 2024$8,000 · 1 in hail · 7 eventsIsolated storms developed in the afternoon hours, and were mainly terrain driven from afternoon heating and strong destabilization. Very little upper level support helped to limit the coverage of severe storms.
• Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 20241.5 in hail · 1 eventSurface analysis identified a cold front advancing into the Ark-La-Tex region early in the afternoon on May 22nd. Weak surface troughing preceded the cold front, noted by a wind shift from southerly to the south of the boundary to northerly to the north of it.
• Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 22, 2024$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 eventAn isolated thunderstorm produced localized wind damage over northwestern Virginia.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 22, 2024$70,000 · 1 in hail · 23 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the afternoon and evening hours. Given the unstable environment, some storms became severe producing damaging wind gusts, mainly in the Finger Lakes region.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 22, 2024$487,000 · 52 kt wind · 18 eventsAn active May pattern continued into May 22, 2024, as additional severe thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee. Damaging winds were the primary threat with this activity with numerous trees, mainly in eastern Middle Tennessee, uprooted or snapped.
• Hail in West Virginia, May 22, 20241 in hail · 1 eventIsolated storms developed in the afternoon hours, and were mainly terrain driven from afternoon heating and strong destabilization. Very little upper level support helped to limit the coverage of severe storms.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, May 22, 2024$65,000 · 8 eventsMultiple intense thunderstorms developed with the passage of an upper level disturbance during an afternoon of strong daytime heating.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, May 22, 2024$25,000 · 1 in hail · 4 eventsA very strong low pressure system was wrapping up and becoming occluded across the Upper Great Lakes and southern Ontario on the morning of May 22.
• Hail in Texas, May 22, 20241.75 in hail · 4 eventsAn outflow boundary collided with the dryline over the eastern Permian Basin resulting in isolated severe thunderstorms.
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, May 22, 2024$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 eventsSurface analysis identified a cold front advancing into the Ark-La-Tex region early in the afternoon on May 22nd. Weak surface troughing preceded the cold front, noted by a wind shift from southerly to the south of the boundary to northerly to the north of it.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 22, 20242.5 in hail · 15 eventsSurface analysis identified a cold front advancing into the Ark-La-Tex region early in the afternoon on May 22nd. Weak surface troughing preceded the cold front, noted by a wind shift from southerly to the south of the boundary to northerly to the north of it.
• Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 22, 202455 kt wind · 5 eventsA cold front moved into the Ohio Valley during the day on May 22nd. Along the cold front, a line of showers and thunderstorms developed within the unstable air mass across western Kentucky during the mid-afternoon hours, gradually extending northeastward into southern Indiana…
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 22, 2024$10,000 · EF1 · 19 eventsSurface analysis identified a cold front advancing into the Ark-La-Tex region early in the afternoon on May 22nd. Weak surface troughing preceded the cold front, noted by a wind shift from southerly to the south of the boundary to northerly to the north of it.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 22, 202452 kt wind · 4 eventsA decaying mesoscale convective system brought damaging straight line winds to the northern part of the Cumberland Plateau before dissipation.
• Damaging Winds in Texas, May 22, 202454 kt wind · 4 eventsEvening severe thunderstorms moved into the area from the west and produced some wind damage.
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 22, 2024$10,000 · 1 eventSlow moving storms caused heavy rain and flash flooding in portions of northeast Louisiana.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 22 to 23, 2024$340,000 · EF2 · 62 eventsTwo primary rounds of severe convection occurred on the 23rd, with the first during the initial hours of the morning and the second during the early into late evening.
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 23, 2024$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA line of thunderstorms weakened as it crossed Ohio during the early morning hours of May 23rd. Only one instance of tree damage was noted in Columbiana County.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, May 23, 2024$176,000 · 60 kt wind · 7 eventsSevere thunderstorms moved across the state of Mississippi and produced damaging wind gusts and hail.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 2024$118,000 · 52 kt wind · 10 eventsAnother round of showers and thunderstorms rolled across Central Pennsylvania during the early to mid morning hours of May 23, 2024, producing sporadic wind damage.
• Hail in Illinois, May 23, 20240.75 in hail · 1 eventEarly morning thunderstorms crossed Southern Illinois on the 23rd with a weak boundary, with the strongest storm producing penny size hail in Marion. As the storm tracked further east-northeastward, dime size hail was reported in Eldorado.
• Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 23, 202452 kt wind · 2 eventsAn expanding cluster of thunderstorms shifted across Southeast Oklahoma during the morning hours on May 23rd. Some bowing became evident within these thunderstorms, suggesting at least a slightly organized cold pool.
• Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 23, 202454 kt wind · 11 eventsA cold front approached from the west, triggering showers and scattered thunderstorms. A few strong to severe thunderstorms moved through northern New Jersey, producing damaging wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 23, 20241 injured · $29,000 · 1.5 in hail · 15 eventsIsolated thunderstorms formed along and head of an approaching pre-frontal trough and cold front in the early morning hours, some were severe and produced damaging winds and large hail. Behind these storms, an MCV moved through and produced more damaging winds and large hail.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 202452 kt wind · 2 eventsAn expanding cluster of thunderstorms shifted across Southwest Arkansas during the morning hours on May 23rd. Some bowing became evident within these thunderstorms, suggesting at least a slightly organized cold pool.
• Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 23, 202450 kt wind · 7 eventsA cold front approached from the west, triggering showers and scattered thunderstorms. A few strong to severe thunderstorms moved through eastern Pennsylvania, producing damaging wind gusts.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 23, 2024$23,000 · 1 in hail · 9 eventsIsolated thunderstorms formed along and head of an approaching pre-frontal trough and cold front in the early morning hours, some were severe and produced damaging winds and large hail. Behind these storms, an MCV moved through and produced more damaging winds and large hail.
• Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 23, 2024$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 4 eventsAn MCV moved through and produced damaging winds ahead of a pre-frontal trough and cold front.
• Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 23, 2024$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA passing cold front brought a few strong storms through Connecticut, one of which became severe. This line of storms later brought flash flooding to Rhode Island and Connecticut.
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Massachusetts, May 23, 2024$5,000 · 4 eventsA passing cold front brought a round of strong storms through southern New England. Training storms moving over New Bedford caused flash flooding in addition to Providence, Rhode Island. Earlier in the day it caused wind damage in Connecticut.
• Flash Flooding in Rhode Island, May 23, 20243 eventsA passing cold front brought a round of strong storms through southern New England. Training storms moving over Providence caused flash flooding in addition to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Earlier in the day it caused wind damage in Connecticut.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 23 to 24, 20248 injured · $2.7 million · EF1 · 70 eventsWith a highly unstable airmass in place, a meandering front, a dryline, and a shortwave trough all worked together to generate multiple rounds of thunderstorms May 23 and 24.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 23, 20241 in hail · 9 eventsA strong surface cold front approached Western Maine during the afternoon hours as an upper level disturbance moved into New England.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 23, 20241 in hail · 7 eventsA cold front and upper level disturbance crossed the region through the afternoon of the 23rd. Thunderstorms developed in advance of the front. Isolated storms reached severe levels producing large hail and damaging winds.
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 23, 2024$15,000 · 55 kt wind · 7 eventsWeak forcing over the area was overcome by strong surface heating and modest surface moisture. Instability over Virginia was modest as well, but was enough for a few isolated afternoon thunderstorms, which ultimately produced areas of wind damage.
• Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 23, 20242 eventsScattered afternoon convection became more numerous for the mid-afternoon hours in the northern Pennyrile. MLCAPE was around 1000 J/kg while shear was limited.
• Hail in Georgia, May 23, 20241 in hail · 3 eventsA strong thunderstorm developed in the late afternoon hours. The thunderstorm was able to produce heavy rainfall and 1 inch hail.
• Tornado in North Dakota, May 23 to 24, 20244 eventsSevere storms occurred in the southern Red River Valley, with tornadoes reported and small hail near the Sheyenne River Valley.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 23, 2024$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 eventsA couple of thunderstorms produced localized damaging wind gusts and hail over northwestern Virginia into north-central Maryland.
• Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 23, 2024$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 eventsA low pressure system over west-central South Dakota lifted a warm front into far southern North Dakota, with thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front. This was in an area of enhanced instability and strong deep layer shear.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 23, 20241.75 in hail · 18 eventsWidespread thunderstorms developed during the early afternoon hours on May 23rd in the vicinity of a low pressure system and its associated warm and cold fronts. These storms produced large hail, damaging winds and a pair of funnel clouds.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 2024$4.6 million · EF2 · 23 eventsThunderstorms developed over the central Nebraska Panhandle during the mid afternoon hours of May 23rd. As this activity moved east into better moisture and wind shear, storms became severe. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes were reported.
• Hail in Texas, May 23, 20242 in hail · 1 eventRobust moisture advection occurred on the morning of the 23rd and into the afternoon across the Rolling Plains resulting in surface dewpoints in the lower 70s.
• Hail in Texas, May 23, 2024$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 eventsThis will need an event narrative.
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 23, 2024$75,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 eventsAs a line of thunderstorms moved eastward onto the Cumberland Plateau during the evening of May 23, 2024, they strengthened and became severe. The most significant damage was reported in White County where a microburst with estimated winds of 90 mph uprooted numerous trees.
• Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 23, 2024$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 eventA lee trough over the North Carolina mountains coupled to a mid-level circulation led to the development of showers and storms over the Piedmont and Sandhills into the Coastal Plain during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 23, 2024$20,000 · 1 in hail · 3 eventsA couple of thunderstorms produced localized damaging wind gusts and hail over northwestern Virginia into north-central Maryland.
• Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 23, 202452 kt wind · 8 eventsAn upper trough coupled with a strong jet streak allowed for a severe thunderstorm to produce damaging winds in East Tennessee.

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